Posted: Fri 19 Jul 2013, 14:27 Post_subject:
USB sticks are not detected!Sub_title: USB sticks are not detected when they are plugged after power on!

Hi,

I use the precise puppy - 5.6.1. The problem is that puppy cannot detect my usb stick when I plug it after the power on of the laptop. I cannot see the USB stick neither at the desktop nor at the Pmount. However there is no problem when the stick is plugged before the boot. This problem applies to all usb sticks that I have tested. My laptop is an old Fujitsu Siemens Amilo (L7310W). Thank you in advance.

If you get desperate and find no other answers you could try the following:

Make this script and put it somewhere like /usr/bin. (The script says to put it in /root/startup but that was only for my particular problem). The script resets the internal usb hub then redetects and mounts all attached drives/partitions. I would suggest trying this when system is idle and not in the middle of transferring data. Try inserting the usb stick, waiting for 15 seconds to let the system settle, then clicking on the script:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
######### This script unmounts all disks, reboots the usb driver then reloads it then mounts all partitions found.
#(Thanks sunburnt for the mnt-all code, rcrsn51 for the ehci_hcd idea and musher0 for the unmount code)
### Use at your own risk... No warranty!

# For auto. mounting at bootup, put this script in Puppy folder: /root/Startup

Thank you all of you for the support. I ran the scrip that greengeek suggested by using the terminal. The message that I received was: "ERROR: Module ehci_hcd does not exist in /proc/modules
FATAL: Module ehci_hcd does not found". I also tried to delete .pup_event and restart X but nothing happened. So the problem has not been solved!

Somewhere between kernel 2.6.39 and 3.0 Puppy kernel's began to build the main usb drivers ( [eou[x?]]hci_hcd and usb-storage ) into the kernel . Therefore they are not load- and removable anymore . Probably try an older Puppy 4 or Lupu 5 series to see if their's configuration work better with your hardware ._________________«Give me GUI or Death» -- I give you [[Xx]term[inal]] [[Cc]on[s][ole]] .
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